CHAPTER V

_EVIDENCE OF ECLIPSES_

How far is history true?--Confucius and eclipses--Evidence

notwithstanding the destruction of literature in 213 B.C.--

Retrospective calculations of eclipses and complications of

calendars--Eclipse of 776 B.C.--Errors in Confucian history owing

to rival calendars

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